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Old 04-06-2010, 02:22 PM
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I currently use 1.0 nylon picks from Herco and I love them but I'm looking to try some other ones. I want something that is clear and full and has drive but not something that has a lot of clack or high end clank to it. Any ideas?
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I personally love dunlop tortex's. the yellow ones.
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I personally love dunlop tortex's. the yellow ones.
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I just switched from the Tortex yellows to the blues..those are 1.0mm..The yellows are faster picks but the blues have more weight and heft behind the pluck.
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I'm playing Dunlop Gator grips, at 0.96mm. Love 'em. They have a great sound and a coating that seems somewhat soft but when they get wet they get really grip and theres no way you can drop one!

Sound wise, you dont get that 'pick sound' when it contacts the string that some picks give you.
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Dunlop .88 Nylons here. Love 'em.
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I have personally found that the thicker the pick, the less "clack" and more lows you get. I use 1.14mm Tortex atm (the purple ones). I like the material on those.
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.73's best. Ever. But I tend to strum through rather than pluck. I find that the yellow tortex picks have enough give to them to not make the unwanted clanking and all that, but they still hit the string hard enough to make a clear, full sound.
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i used to cover my picks in duct tape to remove some of the clankiness...
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NO PICK = full sound
IMHO a pick is just for guitards and
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I'm playing Dunlop Gator grips, at 0.96mm. Love 'em. They have a great sound and a coating that seems somewhat soft but when they get wet they get really grip and theres no way you can drop one!

Sound wise, you dont get that 'pick sound' when it contacts the string that some picks give you.
+1. I'm digging the 1.14's a little more than the .96-ers though. Great picks.
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NO PICK = full sound
IMHO a pick is just for guitards and
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I use the purple Dunlop Big Stubby 2mm Picks. I get a nice deep sound out of them picking between the neck and the pickup.
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Thank you for your time.
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Dunlop Big Stubby 3mm for me, Lemmy likes them too.
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I'm not one to usually use a pick but we have a couple of songs that definitely sound better when using one. When we do play those particular songs I normally ask one of the guitar players for a pick not really caring about size or material. Which brings me to my question, does pick size or material make a difference with string types i.e. SS, Flatwound, Nickel, etc? Oh, the songs in question are by Hillsong.
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I'm not one to usually use a pick but we have a couple of songs that definitely sound better when using one. When we do play those particular songs I normally ask one of the guitar players for a pick not really caring about size or material. Which brings me to my question, does pick size or material make a difference with string types i.e. SS, Flatwound, Nickel, etc? Oh, the songs in question are by Hillsong.
Yes, very much so. I have 5 different types of picks I use. Every one sounds different. Strings all sound different too.
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